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School details, locations and catchment areas

Some schools have a set 'catchment area'. This is usually the area that surrounds the school and where most children who go to the school live. Church schools usually base their catchment areas on parish boundaries. This means they can cover a wider area than other schools and may overlap with other school catchment areas.

But the law doesn't allow schools to keep places just for children who live in the catchment area. This means that:

  • living in a school's catchment area does not guarantee a place at the school
  • children who don't live in the catchment area may get a place 

If a school is not oversubscribed, you will get a place whether or not you live in the catchment area.

But if a school is oversubscribed, you may get a higher priority for a place if you live in the catchment area. This is because most schools include catchment area as one of the criteria in their admissions policy.

The situation varies from year to year at each school. If your preferred school's admissions policy includes catchment area as a criteria, you can check last year's school place allocation reports to see whether all children in the schools' catchment areas got places.

Catchment areas and maps

Schools that do not use catchment areas

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  • Ash Grove Academy - does not use catchment area 
  • Astbury St Mary's Church of England Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • Black Firs Primary School - does not use catchment area
  • Bollinbrook Church of England Primary School - does not use catchment area 
  • Bollington St John's Church of England Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information.
  • Brereton Church of England Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information.
  • Bridgemere Church of England Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information.
  • Bunbury Aldersey Church of England Primary School-parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • Christ the King Catholic and Church of England Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information.
  • Hollinhey Primary School - does not use catchment area
  • Holmes Chapel Primary School catchment - does not use catchment area
  • Ivy Bank Primary School - does not use catchment area
  • Kettleshulme St James Church of England Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information.
  • Manor Park School and Nursery - does not use catchment area
  • Marton & District Church of England Aided Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • Mottram St Andrew Primary Academy - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • Parkroyal Community School - does not use catchment area
  • Peover Superior Endowed Primary School - does not use catchment area 
  • Pott Shrigley Church School
  • Prestbury Church of England Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • Puss Bank School and Nursery - does not use catchment area
  • Sandbach Primary Academy - does not use catchment area
  • St Alban's Catholic Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • St Anne's Catholic Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • St Benedict's Catholic Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • St Gregory's Catholic Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • St John's Church of England Primary School, Sandbach Heath - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • St John the Evangelist Church of England Primary School, Macclesfield - does not use catchment area
  • Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School (Congleton) - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Crewe) - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Middlewich) - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • St Oswald's Worleston Church of England Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • St Paul's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy - parish catchment; contact the school for information 
  • St Vincent's Catholic Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • The Quinta Primary School - does not use catchment area
  • The Wilmslow Academy - does not use catchment area
  • Underwood West Academy - does not use catchment area
  • Warmingham Church of England Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • Wincle Church of England Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • Woodcock's Well Church of England Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information
  • Wybunbury Delves Church of England Primary School - parish catchment; contact the school for information

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Page last reviewed: 20 September 2022